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Rat Against The Machine has again been recognised, this time by the prestigious International Brewing Awards! RATM keg won Bronze in the strong ale category.
On Wednesday 29th April our Head Rodent, Paul Spencer and Rat Brewer, Robin Moss headed down to London to collect their well deserved medal.
Congratulations Rat Brewery!
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WAKEFIELD WALKABOUT BEER FESTIVAL AT FERNANDES!
Friday 22nd to Monday 25th May
Including 20 Fernandes Beers & 10 real ciders.
Live music on Sunday from 4pm
It's going to be a great bank holiday weekend...

After a sympathetic refurbishment in 2014 The Three Pigeons, Halifax has received a commendation from Halifax CivicTrust 2015 for the renovation of the two rear rooms.
The English Heritage Grade II listed building was built in 1932 and still retains most of its original Art Deco interior. It is also listed as one of the UK's top 10 most architecturally important pubs by the Campaign For Real Ale (Camra).
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Congratulations to The Flowerpot in Mirfield for scooping the award for CAMRA Pub of the Year Heavy Woollen District. The Heavy Woollen Branch of CAMRA attended this marvellous community pub on Wednesday evening to present the award to landlord, Chris Osman. In addition to this the Ossett Brewery team invited local residents, family and friends to join them in celebrating this honorary achievement with live music and complimentary supper for everyone attending.
This award highlights the importance in which the charming community pub plays to Mirfield. The pub is highly valued by its regulars, continu.. Read more

Over the May Bank Holiday The Shepherds Boy will be holding a series of events in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
On Sunday 3rd May experience a full day of entertainment with our:
• ALL YOU CAN EAT BBQ from 12noon. From burgers & hot dogs to kebabs, there is surely something to tempt your taste buds! £5 for children & £10 for adults, including 1 FREE drink per person.
• AUCTION from 4pm. Get your bidding hats on to be in with the chance to buy some great items at fantastic value.
• RACE NIGHT from 8pm. Bet ag.. Read more

Yorkshire County Cricketer Rich Pyrah asked us to brew a beer to celebrate his Benefit (testimonial) Year. We obliged with an easy drinking pale golden brew hopped with refreshing American Cascade hops and named after Richard. As Richard commenced his career at Ossett Cricket Club we thought that would be a fitting venue for the official beer launch. Richard was on hand to serve a few pints although he struggled to keep up with the huge demand for Pyrah! #NoPyrahNoParty
The first brew of Pyrah sold very quickly, particularly in Cricket Clubs, and the next.. Read more

Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th May 2015
The team at Ossett Brewery and Manager, Tina Winterbottom, would like to invite you, family & friends to join us in celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of The Three Pigeons, Halifax.
Celebrations start at 5pm on Thursday 28th May with a great selection of beer and ale, live music and pigeon pies!
On Saturday 30th it will also be the 40th anniversary of Calderdale CAMRA’s first ever meeting which was held at the Three Pigeons, recognition of this will be celebrated on the day.
We look forward to seeing you there in what is our decade year of t.. Read more

Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd May
The Black Bull, Rothwell will have a wide selection of 12 Yorkshire beers available on the bar from the Friday to Sunday, over the first bank holiday weekend in May.
Wondering how to entertain the whole family during the bank holiday? Why not join us for a full day of fun on Sunday 3rd May, with BBQ food, ice cream, face painting, bouncy castle, rodeo bull and live music.
Best of all it’s FREE to enter, so come drop by!

Ossett Brewery to launch new canal side venue in Granary Wharf on Friday 24th April
£300,000 investment, 15 new jobs and plenty of reasons to visit
Set to open its doors to the public at 4pm on Friday 24th April 2015, CANDLEBAR is located on the ground floor of the iconic waterside building, Candle House in Granary Wharf, Leeds.
An intimate venue serving 14 craft world beers, over 20 premium wines by the glass pristinely dispensed through Enomatic preservation machines, and rustic pizza from an authentic Italian wood-fired oven, this latest Ossett Brewery venue intends to offer something a .. Read more

Congratulations to The Black Bull Liversedge on featuring in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide for a whopping 10 consecutive years. The Heavy Woollen Branch of CAMRA attended the busy community pub on Tuesday evening to present the award to landlady, Linda Rowley. This award is only issued to pubs that year on year produce consistency of excellence in their serving and keeping of Real Ale. The Black Bull was the first pub to be opened by Ossett Brewery back in May 2003. Since then the company has successfully expanded to 24 sites around Yorkshire. These include The Rat and Ratchet in Huddersfield that last .. Read more

Following a successful first appearance in 2014, the International Women’s Collaborative Brew Day returned on International Women’s Day, Sunday 8th March 2015 with over 80 participants from 11 countries. All the female brewers who joined this year brewed Unite Red Ale (4.6% ABV), the recipe of which was formulated by event Founder and Brewster Sophie de Ronde of Muntons Malt. Co-ordination of all of the brewers and teams was again headed by Denise Ratfield of Pink Boots Society.
Eleven countries were involved, with brewsters in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Italy, Mexico, New Zealan.. Read more

We are proud to launch a new beer to support Yorkshire County cricketer Richard Pyrah’s benefit year. Richard is an Ossett born lad who commenced his career at Ossett Cricket Club and has since proved an invaluable asset to Yorkshire in both Twenty20 ad County matches!
The official launch of 'Pyrah' will be held at Ossett Cricket Club on Thursday 9th April from 7pm. We would love you to join the Ossett Brewery team and Richard for a pint or two of 'Pyrah' to celebrate.
‘Pyrah’ is and easy drinking golden ale with moderate bitterness and d.. Read more

In this year’s budget the chancellor announced an unprecedented third consecutive cut in duty. Cutting beer duty supports one of Britain’s major manufacturing industries and gives increased confidence to small brewers to invest in equipment, staff and pubs. As usual we will adjust our list price to reflect the cut in duty on all our draught brands.
Following our annual review of costs in January we decided not to increase our prices as usual in February. With the brewery holding our prices and the chancellors cut in duty our beers will actually be lower cost than last year. Now that&rsquo.. Read more

The Old Peacock is very excited to announce the following events:
An Evening with Leeds United Legend, Norman Hunter on Wednesday 22nd April from 7.30PM
& An Evening with Leeds United Legend, Duncan McKenzie on Wednesday 1st July from 7.30PM

The second International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day is taking place on Sunday 8th March. Brewster’s from all around the world will be brewing the same beer on the same day as a celebration of International Women’s day and a chance to unite together for charity.
This year our Brewster, Lisa Handforth, is inviting all women to come along to an open brew day at the Riverhead, Marsden on Sunday 8th March. Feel free to pop in anytime from 10am-5pm to join in or even just to say hello! All we ask is that if you do wish to help brewing then please wear sensible footwear.
The beer .. Read more

Each year Wakefield, the centre of the Rhubarb Triangle, celebrates the wonderful vegetable that is Rhubarb with a three day festival. This year the festival took place Friday 20th- Sunday 22nd February. Now in its ninth year, the Rhubarb Festival has attracted more than 125,000 visitors from across the country.
As usual Fernandes Brewery brewed a special beer for the event – this year brewer Steve Hutchinson created Rhubarb and Custard; a 4% golden rhubarb beer made with new season forced rhubarb grown at Oldroyd’s Farm in Rothwell.
Steve said: “The custard part is actually .. Read more

BOOK LAUNCH at The Old Peacock | Saturday 21st February | From 7.00pm
The Only Place For us: An A-Z History of Elland Road presented by author and Leeds UTD fan Jon Howe.
At 7.30pm, there will be a special football themed quiz hosted by Ex Leeds UTD physio, Alan Sutton. Followed by a talk at 8.30pm, by Ex Leeds UTD Chairman, Bill Fotherby (with a short Q&A session).
"The Only Place For Us pulls together the never-before-told history of the developing stadium and its changing local environment, revealing the background stories behind Elland Road's most famous feature.. Read more

As usual at the start of a new year, we have reviewed our costs and margins. We are very pleased to announce we will not be increasing our prices in February as in previous years. Although many brewers have announced price increases we feel that the current reductions in fuel costs will allow us to hold prices for the time being. That’s worth raising a glass to!
We’re also hopeful that the chancellor will not increase duty in the pre-election budget on Wednesday18th March. Any change in duty, whether up or down, will be fully reflected in our list price following the budget.

From late January our flagship beer, Silver King, will be available on a national basis for the first time. Our partnership with Carlsberg UK means that Silver King will be available as part of Carlsbergs Tapster range of cask ales from around 20 quality British brewers. We are excited that free trade pubs and clubs from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands will be able to stock Silver King on a permanent basis. Those members of the team that visit customers to support our brands are gearing up to spend a lot more time in their cars!
Mike Inman, MD of Ossett Brewery says ‘We have a strong relatio.. Read more

We are delighted that our best selling beer, Yorkshire Blonde, is now available to all Enterprise Inns, across the North and Midlands. From the beginning of December Enterprise Inns outlets can order both Yorkshire Blonde and Silver King from Enterprise to be delivered on their regular Heineken delivery. Permanent pumpclips can be ordered via Enterprise telesales or the online ordering system. Enterprise leasees wanting to stock our brands should contact the brewery sales team on 01924 237160 to request POS or callage from one of our reps.
All our other beers are available to Enterprise out.. Read more

After the outstanding success of The Rat & Ratchet been named the Best Cask Beer Pub in the UK at the Great British Pub Awards 2014, Ossett Brewery held a celebratory event to mark this honour on Sunday 16th November 2014.
Richard Prest and Lisa Dunbar, Managers of the Rat, dressed themselves up for a glamourous night at The British Pub Awards, at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane. Richard and Lisa were joined by a wide variety of other publicans from across the country, with a total of 17 awards been announced at the ceremony.
The Rat & Ratchet beers all have humorous and creative ale t.. Read more

Kill For A Seat Comedy and The Hop Wakefield presents...
Rob Rouse, Danny Ward and Ray Bradshaw, providing us all with a night of laugh out loud entertainment!
On Thursday 11th December 2014
Tickets are £8
Book your tickets now: http://m.seetickets.com/event/kill-for-a-seat-comedy/the-hop/831818

Do you fancy draught Beer At Home For Christmas?
Our 5 litre mini-casks are always popular for Christmas and New Year parties. We will be selling at from the Ossett Brewery shop from mid December until they run out! The ‘shop’ is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. These casks contain proper cask ale and therefore will need time to settle and the container should not be moved until it is empty. Once opened the beer is best consumed in three days.
Yorkshire Blonde 3.9% -£17.57
Silver King 4.3% .. Read more

The Old Vic on Manor Road, Ossett is once again having a weekend featuring beers from all of the Breweries in the Wakefield District. From teatime on Thursday 20th November to Sunday 23rd November all 10 local breweries will be represented. Many of the Brewers will be present on the Thursday evening from 7pm if you fancy having a chat. For further details see the poster below or call the pub direct on 01924 273516

Once again the Ossett Brewery team ventured to the annual Wakefield CAMRA beer festival. This year the festival featured ‘Celtic Fringe’ beers along with local brewers and real ciders. All the beer was on top form and included beer from all four of our microbreweries.
Our stand out beer of the festival was Fernandes Black Voodoo. June Bradbury from Wakefield CAMRA joined Steve at Fernandes to brew our favourite chocolate orange stout, and to make it even more unique the voodoo heading for the festival was racked into a wooden cask.
The beer went down a treat and we are very happy.. Read more

Our micro-breweries picked up a couple of awards at the Steel City beer festival at Kelham Island:
GOLD award in BITTER category: Fernandes Brewery – Half Nelson
GOLD award in BEST BITTER category: Rat Brewery – Ratweiller
Half Nelson also won SILVER and Ratweiller bronze in the OVERALL BEER of the FESTIVAL competition. Our congratulations to all the brewers involved.

Cask Matters is a great new website, hosted by Cask-Marque, providing all sorts of information on cask beer.
The site provide news, resources and insight for licensees, brewers and cask ale drinkers. We particularly recommend the sections on daily and weekly checklists for your cask cellar and tips on holding a beer festival. You can search throughout the site by subject or source, so whether it’s the latest Beer Report from SIBA or the full range of beer training courses available for bar staff, you’ll find it on Cask Matters!
Find a link to the Cask Matters on ou.. Read more